The Rookie #1
September 25, 2006 _ Scott Sigler

Hello Junkies! Here we go with my fourth podcast novel, THE ROOKIE. I hear you out there, saying crap like “sci-fi football? How good can it be? Has Sigler lost it?”

Shut your pie-holes. You’re pissing off your favorite dealer. Shut your pie-holes, and start listening. You think this is a game to me? Trust me, I’ll have you strung out and tapping a vein in no time at all.

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THE ROOKIE:
The Rookie is a summer blockbuster podcast novel by Scott Sigler, author of EarthCore, Ancestor and Infection.

Imagine a story that combines the intense football action of “Any Given Sunday” with the space opera style of “Star Wars” and the criminal underworld of “The Godfather.”

“The Rookie” is set amongst a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future. Aliens play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that - literally - want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed and rival players are assasinated.

Follow the story of Quentin Barnes, a 19-year-old quarterback prodigy that has been raised all his life to hate, and kill, those aliens. Quentin must deal with his racism and learn to lead, or he’ll wind up just another stat in the column marked “killed on the field.”

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39 Comments »

MarkMUS MAN

It kills me to have to listen to one show then wait 7 days. The first podcast release I dnd’t find out about until like recording 14. It was great to listen to it all at once. Can I just forget about Scott for the next two months or so and then come back and listen to all the goodness at once? PLEASE GOD HELP ME!

Keith

Geeze. I wait till 4 in the morning to see if you will post this so I can listen to it before bed, and you go and post it this morning. Arg!!!!

Dave

I’m still going through therapy after the emotional hell of chicken scissors…

ComputerKing

Go Get ‘Em, Sigler. I’m just trying to find a good drug analogy for Rookie fans…

I think it would be appropriate to use Steiroids… But the specifics escape me…

Maybe we’ll be “Roookie Ragers?”

Peter

This looks like its gonna be one hell of a story. Once again, thanks for the great stuff you churn out of your twisted mind. however, we NEED MORE BLOOD!! (evil laugh)

Kendall

Yay, I can’t wait to listen! Scott, you rock!!!

BTW, you wrote, “The Rookie is a summer blockbuster podcast novel by Scott Sigler, author of EarthCore, Ancestor and The Rookie.” While accurate, you probably meant “…author of EarthCore, Ancestor, and Infection.” ;-) I think it’s obvious you wrote the Rookie from the first half of the sentence…. ;-)

Scott Sigler

Kieth: I do that crap on purpose, just to piss you off.

Kendall: Thanks, I fixed it.

Peter: More blood? You dare to question if there will be more blood?

MarkMUS: Suffer, suffer, suffer!

Dave: Therapy won’t help. You’ll cringe every time you see a butcher’s block from here on out.

Sander

Yes yes yes. Here we go, shoot me up Scotty!

Rowley

I really need to get to grips with American Football terms. This initially hard work for a brit, but i’m sure that it’ll come good and I will know all about Pro Football(!) by the end. Excellent work Scott, keep it up!

Andrew

So Scott,

Is the website going to be updated to reflect The Rookie?

Rob

hey everytime i try and listen to this my i pod reboots any ideas oh god of horror its really bad man i thought i was finally going to get my fix

Jeff S.

Hey how about making sperate feeds for your podiobooks?

Or, why not tag them so they can be sorted easier? The Rookie was tagged with the Album of Infection. Makes it hard to make a playlist for the Rookie only when it adds an unrelated podiobook.

And thanks for adding another addiction to my long list of habits.

Tiffany Hine Melbourne Australia

Going good Scotty, one prob though, I’m an Aussie!! I don’t know anything about American Football. How am I and other non-American Scott Sigler junkies (or whatever we are called now) going to be able to understand what your going on about????? Help Me Please!!!
Even though I have this slight problem with your new book I will have to keep listening so I can get my weekly fix.
Keep up the awesome work mate!

Graham

If you want an extra short story by Scott check out “Bag Man” the launch story for Pseudopod

Scott Sigler

DEAR AUSSIES!

Here is a great link to get an overview on American Football:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football

I love Aussie Football.

Dave

Almost lost interest, I guess its an english thing of “not getting” your americans idea of football.

But it got so darned gripping towards the end, you’ve got me hooked again.

And here was me thinking that I’d recovered ….. and I’m a damn junky again.

Will

Scott, you think your new QB could take a hit from Dawsey?

john blue

Sounds interesting, I’ll listen.

I got to see Scott’s “corporate” side at the 2006 Podcast Expo. I half expected him to start scratching or show us some blood :) Pic at
http://flickr.com/photos/innovationcreation/256980451/

Jason

Awesome, another podcast novel by Scott Sigler to make my insomnia worth while. Things sound interesting so far (altho I really can\’t wait til the sequals to Earthcore and Ancestor ;) ) We sure as hell could use Quentin Barnes on the Lions, hell even a couple of those Qwith?? Wariors on our defensive line lol. Keep crankin em out Scott!! Dont let the psycho \

Lizzie

Another Brit here, and I don’t get American Football - it seems very confusing, what with all the special terms. But, I’m still enjoying it!

Darn

I need my fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt (Western Australia)

Hahaha, I must be one of only a few Aussies that actually gets American football, I was drawn to it after playing rugby in highschool. Looking forward to to the rest of this novel scott, I’ll be interested to see where this goes.

Derek

Will there be a icon I can post on my blog?

Sarah from Charleston

Can’t wait for more…

Keith

Am I missing something? Scott sent out an e-mail yesterday from the Yahoo group saying the next installment would be posted last night and I do not see it.

Steve

So what is the schedule for Rookie fixes?

Lathquar

Where the hell is our fix!!!!

JP junkie,

Great start to the new book. Although I’m s a brit I’ve followed the Browns since ‘85, so I guess I can understand the sports sections. Rookies on Roids keep on rocking Scott

Omry Yadan

Hi Scott,
how about a small podcast explaining the rules of the game and the terminology, for us non-american listeners?

Darn

how about wikipedia “football”?!?

Tiffany Hine Australia

Hey thanks for the wikipedia link Scott. Very helpful.

Spencer

How is it a “Summer blockbuster”
It’s winter!!

Ryan

Hi ya Scott way to go buddy! I am going nuts over the rookie eventhough I was at first really skeptical! This was an awesome episode that was packed with action and vivid descriptions. I also love the voice of the Shalakath it was really cool and your story telling abilities are getting better and better. I can’t wait to download the next 3 episodes!!

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kurtiswarr

Got hooked on the very first show. Great story, great performance while reading it. Best Space Football story I ever heard.

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mooood

you rock scott and iliked the rookie scott your the best man

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